Your Friday morning dose of Mets and Major League Baseball news, notes, and links.
Meet the Mets
Like most teams in baseball, the Mets had the day off yesterday, but David Stearns made one final trade before the deadline, getting center fielder Cedric Mullins from the Orioles.
Stearns gave a press conference once the deadline had passed.
Laura Albanese wrote a recap of all the Mets’ trade activity.
So did Anthony DiComo.
One of the many things that Stearns said is that the Mets aren’t currently contemplating moving Clay Holmes to the bullpen. Holmes had a 4.91 ERA and averaged 4.88 innings pitched per start in his six starts in the month of July.
The Mets haven’t quite ruled Jose Siri out for the season yet.
Jose Buttó, who was traded to the Giants as part of the package that brought Tyler Rogers to the Mets, thanked the organization and its fans.
Will Sammon called the Mets’ moves “an A deadline.”
The Mets optioned Chris Devenski to Syracuse and moved Jesse Winker to the 60-day IL in their first set of what will be a bunch of roster moves to clear space for their newly-acquired players.
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Around the National League East
The Phillies added former Met Harrison Bader in a trade with the Twins.
Following a pair of trades on Wednesday, the Nationals sent Kyle Finnegan to the Tigers for a pair of prospects and fan favorite Alex Call to the Dodgers.
The Marlins held on to Sandy Alcantara and Edward Cabrera, but they dealt Jesús Sánchez to the Astros.
The Braves had a quiet deadline and beat the Reds by a 12-11 score.
Around Major League Baseball
The Padres had the most all-in trade deadline in baseball, as they added Ryan O’Hearn and Ramon Laureano in a deal with the Orioles, Mason Miller and J.P. Sears in a huge trade with the A’s, Nestor Cortes in a trade with the Brewers, and tacked on catcher Freddy Fermin in a deal with the Royals and Will Wagner—son of former Met Billy Wagner—in a deal with the Blue Jays. And despite rumors that San Diego was looking to shop Dylan Cease and Robert Suarez, the team held on to both of those players.
The Blue Jays were one of many teams to cash in on the Twins’ fire sale, as they got Louis Varland and Ty France.
Speaking of that fire sale, the Twins also traded Carlos Correa to the Astros, Brock Stewart to the Dodgers, Harrison Bader to the Phillies, Willi Castro to the Cubs, Danny Coulombe to the Rangers, and Griffin Jax to the Rays.
Back to the Blue Jays: They got Shane Bieber in a trade with the Guardians.
The Rays also traded for former Met Adrian Houser in a deal with the White Sox.
Merrill Kelly was traded to the Rangers by the Diamondbacks.
The Brewers got Shelby Miller and Jordan Montgomery in a trade with the Diamondbacks.
The Royals got Mike Yastrzemski in a trade with the Giants.
The Tigers got Charlie Morton in a trade with the Orioles, Codi Heuer from the Rangers, and former Met Paul Sewald in a trade with the Guardians.
The Yankees got Camilo Doval in a trade with the Giants and José Caballero in a trade with the Rays, both shortly before the deadline. And they also picked up David Bednar in a deal with the Pirates and minor league outfielder Wilberson De Peña in a deal with the Angels.
Pittsburgh dealt Caleb Ferguson to the Mariners and Bailey Falter to the Royals.
The Cubs traded for Taylor Rogers, the twin brother of Mets addition Tyler Rogers who had already been traded from the Giants to the Reds back in January and from the Reds to the Pirates earlier this week.
The Red Sox got Dustin May in a trade with the Dodgers.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
With so many Mets minor league players having been dealt, Thomas Henderson wrote all about the players traded away in the Ryan Helsley deal and the ones that went to San Francisco in the Tyler Rogers deal.
Linus Lawrence wrote our primer on Rogers, while Alexander Choi wrote up Gregory Soto, and Grace Carbone introduced us to Helsley.
This Date in Mets History
The 1973 Mets took a big doubleheader from the Pirates on this date.